This is an old one, but a classic.
Gérard de Nerval was a French Romantic writer, and inspiration for the likes of Artaud and Pure Reason Revolution (who stole some of his lyrics). He was a lunatic, who couldn't distinguish his waking state from his dreaming one. He ate ice cream out of human skulls and famously had a pet lobster. They just don't make them like that nowdays. (Reminds me of a Monty Python sketch....)
Gérard de Nerval hung himself, leaving a note saying
"Do not wait up for me, for the night will be black and white."
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